Calf-weaner.



No. 703,945. Patented July I, I902.

; G. W. MOODY.

GALF WEANER.

(Application filed Dec 2-1, 1001 (N 0 M 0 d e I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

GEORGE \Y. MOODY, OF NEWMIRE, COLORADO.

CALF-WEAN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0,703,945, dated July 1, 1902.

Application filed December 24, 1901. Serial No. 87,083. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W, MOODY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newmire, in the county of San Miguel and State of Colorado, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oalf-Weaners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to calf-weaners; and

. the object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficient device of this character which is light and which does not interfere to any extent with the free feeding of a calf, to which the same is secured, but which has prongs or barbs which when the calf attempts to suokle will prick the cow to such an extent as to cause the latter to kick her offspring, so as to'secure the weaning of the calf in a very short time.

The body of the device consists in the present case of wood, whereby extreme lightness is obtained, while it is found that the rubbing of such body against the nose, from which it is suspended, will not injure the tender skin at the nostril and the weaner-body is so held in place that it cannot be rubbed off or displaced by the calf or the cow.

The improved device includes other advantageous features which, with the foregoing, will be set forth at length in the following description, while the novelty thereof will be set forth in the claim annexed to saiddescription.

The invention is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a calfweaner including my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical central'se'ction of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a modification.

Like charactersrefer to like parts in all the has vertical extensions, as 5, at its opposite ends, provided with inward projections, as 6,

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each extension, with its projection, forming substantially an L-shaped or angular arm. The inner ends of said projections are spaced or separated a distance approximately agreeing with the thickness of the wall of the nose of a calf, and such projections are adapted to .straddle or embrace the said wall a suitable weaner the arms at the-ends of the body A will be inserted in the nostrils, and the proj ect-ions 6 will be situated at the opposite sides of the wall. The pin or rod will then be introduced by having its pointed end inserted in the outer end of either of the bores 8 and will be pushed along and through said wall until it is seated well in the other bore, and it will be seen that the ends of the pin are wholly inclosed by the angular arms, so that no projections arepresent which might catch in articles, and thereby tend to displace the The pin or rod is held in place positively, so that it cannot be accidentally detached by the calf, and it will be seen that each of the bores 8 has a shoulder or protuberance, as- 9, near the outer end thereof which is adapted to enter a notch 10 in the pin 7 when the latter is in its normal position. To free the pin, the same can be pushed from place by pressure applied to the end thereof opposite that engaged by the shoulder 9, and to facilitate this operation said shoulder is rounded. The body A grips the wall of the nose, so that the said body is not supported by the pin,as in caseit were there is a tendency on the part of the pin to tear the wall and free the pin, and thereby the Weaner, such construction being not'only barbarous, but impracticable.

The prongs or barbs carried by the bodyA are designated by 11, and they may be of any suitable number, although four are shown,

and they are arranged in an arcuate row, with their pointed ends projecting from the front face of said body. The body is transversely perforated to receive said prongs, the latter being driven in place and being'of a length sufiicient t0 prick the teats when an attempt is made to suckle. The prongs or barbs are passed through the perforations from the rear of the body, and they have at their inner ends heads, as 12, which are countersunk in the rear surface of the body, so as to avoid the presence of roughness or projections upon said face. The barbs or prongs, it will be seen, are removable, so that any one or more can be taken out at any time very readily and another substituted should this be necessary.

In Fig. 4 one of the bores 8 is shown as projecting onlypartly through its arm,so as to present an abutment against which the pointed end of the pin strikes when it is inserted the requisite extent.

When the Weancr is attached to a calf and when the latter attempts to suckle, the pointed ends of the prongs or barbs 11 will prick the cow to such an extent as to cause-her to kick the calf, so that weaning can be accomplished at once and the calf is caused to feed, and as the body A hangs over the end of the nose the feeding isin no wise interfered with.

Having described the invention, what I claim is I In a calf-weaner, a barbed body having arms arranged to enter the nostrils, and arranged to straddle the wall thereof, and each of said arms being bored, a pin adapted to have its ends seated in the bores and to extend through the said wall, and having a notch, and a protuberance in the bore arranged to enter said notch.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE W. MOODY.

WVitnesses:

EDGAR M. TITCOMB, CORNELIUS P. BLACKVVELL. 

